Torrence's home in the Washington Place subdivision of Avondale flooded during Hurricane Gustav. He's concerned about another strong storm.

"I'm just praying that everything work out, and the levee that they're putting to work," Torrence said.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local leaders marked the completion of the new 100-year Westbank and Vicinity Perimeter Risk Reduction System on Monday morning just below the Highway 90 bridge in St. Charles Parish.

It was a $3 billion project that stretched from St. Charles Parish, tying into the Mississippi River levee through Jefferson Parish, Plaquemines Parish and tying again into the Mississippi levee system below Belle Chasse.

"Every storm is different, but a typical 100-year event could put 5, 8, 10 feet of water on the other side of that wall," U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager Julie Vignes said.

Vignes said the wall blocks storm surge and protects 250,000 people from St. Charles, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes.

"It provides risk reduction. It doesn't eliminate all risks from a hurricane, but it certainly gives them that protection from a 100-year event. It protects their property," Vignes said.

"Protecting those areas inside the Hurricane Protection System, but reminds us that we still have a lot of work to do for those areas outside on the other side of this wall -- Lafitte, Crown Pointe, Barateria and Grand Isle," Jefferson Parish President John Young said.

Other communities that fall outside the 100-year level of protection realize the completion of the project marks a major milestone, but there's still more work to be done.

"Just hope we don't get nothing," Torrence said.

The system is composed of levees, flood walls, floodgates, water-control structures and other risk-reduction features.

FORMED OFF THE COAST OF BELIZE. AND OUR AREA KNOWS ALL TOO WELL WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A STORM HITS. AS WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR WHAT'S BREWING IN THE TROPICS, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT LOCAL LEADERS ARE DOING TO KEEP US PROTECTED IF A HURRICANE HITS. TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. METEROLOGIST KWEILYN MURPHY IS IN THE WEATHER CENTER WITH WHERE THE STORM IS HEADED BUT FIRST WDSU ANCHOR LATONYA NORTON IS ON THE WEST BANK WITH HOW ONE PART OF OUR AREA HAS MORE PROTECTION THAN EVER BEFORE. "It's been 18 years in the making for the first time ever, hundreds of thousand of people on the WestBank now have 100 year flood protection." "I feel better what they doing trying to help us back here... a little safe." PETE TORRENCE'S HOME IN THE WASHINGTON PLACE SUBDIVISION OF AVONDALE... FLOODED DURING HURRICANE GUSTAVE... HE'S CONCERNED THAT IF ANOTHER STRONG STORM BLOWS THREW ... HE COULD GET MORE WATER... "I'm just praying that everything work out and the levee that they're putting at work." MONDAY MORNING IN ST. CHARLES PARISH JUST BELOW THE NEW HWY 90 BRIDGE, THE U.S. ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS AND LOCAL LEADERS MARKED THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW 100 YEAR WESTBANK AND VICINITY PERIMETER RISK REDUCTION SYSTEM... A THREE BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT THAT STRETCHES FROM ST. CHARLES PARISH, TYING INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LEVEE, THROUGH JEFFERSON PARISH, PLAQUEMINES PARISH AND TIES AGAIN INTO THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEE SYSTEM BELOW BELLE CHASSE. "Every storm is different, but a typical 100 year event could put 5,8,10 feet of water on the other side of that wall." PROJECT MANAGER JULIE VIGNES SAYS THE WALL BLOCKS STORM SURGE... AND PROTECTS A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE FROM ST. CHARLES, JEFFERSON, AND PLAQUEMINES "it provides risk reduction. It doesn't eliminate all risks from hurricane, but it certainly gives them that protection from a 100 year event. It protects their property." "protecting those areas inside the hurricane protection system, but reminds us that we still have a lot of work to do for those areas outside on the other side of this wall. lafitte, crown pointe, barateria, and grand isle." AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT FALL OUTSIDE THE 100 YEAR LEVEL OF PROTECTION... A MAJOR MILE STONE... WITH MORE WORK TO BE DONE... "Just hope we don't get nothing." ON YOUR SIDE, LATONYA NORTON, WDSU NEWS. THE SYSTEM IS COMPRISED OF LEVEES, FLOODWALLS, STRUCTURES AND OTHER RISK REDUCTION FEATURES.

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